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@atrupar.com Why would Russia feel compelled to “come to the bargaining table” with someone they just bamboozled? They played Trump for a sucker.

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@muellershewrote.com The latter, I’m sure. With Trump loyalty requires compensation.

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@democratswin.bsky.social My niece’s kids are white/black/Japanese. Blows racist’s minds. And they’re both beautiful/handsome.

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@joncooper-us.bsky.social So is willful ignorance. Rubio is afflicted with the same shortcoming.

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@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Proof that faith in religion is nonsensical.

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@mickeykuhns.bsky.social They’ve “lifted” no one. They trample on people, especially children.

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@billkittle.bsky.social Make that a reality.

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@mickeykuhns.bsky.social How dictatorial of him.

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@billkittle.bsky.social The guys on the Epstein list are the ones directing the raid.

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@jennifershin.bsky.social If there’s one thing that’s consistent about Trump is that he never honors a promise.

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@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social She’s obviously never read the Bible or she’d know that according to it she needs to get back in the kitchen and shut up.

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@mickeykuhns.bsky.social They’ll hire faith healers.

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@theguardian.com The sad thing is you can stop them, you can even sue them, but nothing will bring those trees back.

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@xelahart.bsky.social Elon, just post “Oh yea?” Next time. Write like the schoolyard bully you are.

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@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Delusional on two levels.

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@mickeykuhns.bsky.social Elon, watcha doin’?

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@atrupar.com Where was the laughter? There ought to be laughter, or if you’re a chickenshit, at least a snicker.

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@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Truth has abandoned the right.

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@wipjenni.bsky.social

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@jennifershin.bsky.social The oligarchs have the money to make quick change possible. They also ignore local codes and permits.

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@mickeykuhns.bsky.social California could practically buy the rest of the country. Trump hates that.

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@democratswin.bsky.social Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal to SCOTUS, SCOTUS sides with Trump.

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@thetnholler.bsky.social “May I approach in order to kiss your ass, sir?”

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@blueheartedly1.bsky.social Understandable. He so much worse than most of us could imagine.

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@mickeykuhns.bsky.social I’m concerned with the number of female police officers trying to entice pedophiles by pretending to be little girls. /s

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There is no meaning: half-witted.com

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Capitalism will kill us all: half-witted.com

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American fascist “culture” is a paternalistic white pseudo-Christian society to which they’ve added isolationism and sadism.\nThey used to call us “counterculture revolutionaries.\nDamn straight.\nWe still are.

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I don’t know why the living former presidents have chosen to ignore their oath to protect America from foreign and domestic enemies. That oath didn’t dissolve once they were out of office. Yet not one of them has stood up against Trump and led us in opposition. It’s shameful they have not.

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Every time I see pups taken from their mother for adoption or juvenile apes removed from their family group to be relocated, I can’t help but wonder how we’d feel if a “superior” race did that to us. I know it’s often done for good reasons, but we know that, they don’t.

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The worst no-bid contract Donnie ever entered into was the one in which he sold America to Russia and Israel.

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Rod Serling once said, “The real tools of conquest are not bombs or weapons but fear, prejudice, and suspicion”.\nHe could have been describing America in the 21st century.

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Tuesday morning thoughts: half-witted.com

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If we cannot convince every person on the planet that protecting Earth is the most important task ahead of us,\nif we can’t stop those who contaminate the air, ground, and water,\nif we continue to rely on someone else to save us,\nwe’re doomed.

\n

Our extinction is inevitable.

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If you experience a sudden loss of humor and the ability to laugh at your own foibles, i\nf you find yourself resenting others for seeking the same freedoms and rights you enjoy,\nif your angry at everything all the time,\nseek medical help immediately.

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You may be at risk of becoming a Republican.

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Midterms: half-witted.com

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A must have for the progressive dog owner. Support small business.\nwww.smolotov.com

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We need to bring back shunning.

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Oligarchs, rioters who accept Trump’s payout, ICE agents, any and all members of the regime, need to be shunned until the day they die.

\n

They’ve shown no compassion, they get none. No jobs, no homes, no friends.

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Clive and the chicken: half-witted.com

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The rising price of gas doesn’t just affect us at the pump, it affects the cost of trucking goods across the country.

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It affects the cost of flying goods.

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And now that the oil barons know we’ll buy gas for $4-6 a gallon, they won’t rush to lower the price. Why should they?

\n

Give up profits? Hah!

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I have got nothing to do today, I guess I’d better get started.

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I shall begin by putting on pants. That’s an indication I plan on doing something, even when there’s nothing to be done.

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Then I’ll make a list of all the things that I don’t need to do today.

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Then I’ll probably need a nap.

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Seek the truth in all things: half-witted.com

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Trump is an existential threat: half-witted.com

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As long as: half-witted.com

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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

\n

― Anatole France

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Stella, my damaged dog: half-witted.com

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The fantasy of America is over: half-witted.com

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Trump should just create the Department of Trump’s Defense and fill it with all the agencies that once defended the country (DOJ, DHS, DIA, CIA, NSA, FBI, the military…). End the pretense that those agencies have any other mandate.

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I’m an atheist and humanist.\nI support the people of Gaza but not Hamas.\nI support the people of Israel but not Netanyahu.\nI support oppressed people everywhere but not their oppressors. That applies to America as well.\nThat which divides us is evil.\nThat which unites us is good.

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Our political system is broken.\nOur economic system is broken.\nOur financial system is broken.\nOur trust in those in power is broken.\nOur legal system is broken.\nOur society is broken.

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